Signs exist for the sole purpose of providing guidance and to keep you from violating rules that could put your life in danger. At their best, signs are clear, direct, and exceptionally helpful.

Sometimes, though, signs can be confusing, unclear, and a little, well… pointless to say the absolute least. To say the sign makers didn’t think things through would be an understatement.

So, without further ado, here are 20 signs that are so obviously useless that you might have a hard time believing they even exist!

1. While this sign about the library’s business hours is technically accurate, it also evades the question everyone wants to know: when can we read our books? Hopefully this is just a joke and they have their hours posted elsewhere. You’d have one (quiet) riot on your hands otherwise.

2. Yes, it’s true. Fire is hot. It’s one of those facts that everyone needs reminding of every now and then. Just like, yes, you do have to breathe, and yes, the Earth is round, and yes, that gun is loaded. Making mistakes about this stuff could prove fatal.

3. This is one of those signs that raises more questions than answers. The first question is what the heck happened to that urinal? The second question is how many people were just freely peeing into a wall until they put a sign up?

4. Can you imagine the face on the man who ran up to the concession stand at IKEA to buy a hot dog the size of a car for two quarters? IKEA hot dogs are definitely delicious and definitely affordable, but they are also definitely not made for giants.

5. A sign warning you that trees don’t move isn’t being sarcastic. Rather, it’s taking into account all of the wizards who come from dimensions where trees are mobile. It’s nice that they’re giving them a heads up that they shouldn’t get into any games of chicken with the local conifers.

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